body structure key terms

Question 1

structural component of the nucleus composed of nucleic acids and proteins

Answer 1

chromatin

Question 2

threadlike structures within nucleus made of DNA that causes hereditary info

Answer 2

chromosome

Question 3

molecule that holds genetic info capable of replicating and producing an exact copy of whatever cell divides

Answer 3

DNA

Question 4

sum of all physical and chemical changes that take place in a cell or an organism

Answer 4

metabolism

Question 5

what plane cuts you in half down the middle from the top of the head to the toes

Answer 5

midsaggital / median

Question 6

what plane cuts you from the front to the back

Answer 6

coronal frontal

Question 7

what plane cuts you so that youre split from the top to the bottom

Answer 7

transverse / horizontal

Question 8

pertaining to the outer wall of the body cavity

Answer 8

parietal

Question 9

lying on abdomen, face down

Answer 9

prone

Question 10

lying horizontally on the back, face up

Answer 10

supine

Question 11

turning inward or inside out

Answer 11

inversion

Question 12

Turing ourward

Answer 12

eversion

Question 13

pertains to the palm of the hand

Answer 13

palmar

Question 14

pertaining to the sole of the foot

Answer 14

plantar

Question 15

stomach region top middle

Answer 15

epigastrics

Question 16

stomach region lower middle

Answer 16

hypogastric

Question 17

stomach region middle side

Answer 17

lumbar

Question 18

stomach region lower outside

Answer 18

inguinal

Question 19

stomach region dead center

Answer 19

umbilical

Question 20

_____ disease: cause is unknown or without any known connection to a cause

Answer 20

idiopathic